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30 Cards in this Set
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squander
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spend extravagantly, extremely wasteful
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dissipation
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1) literal scattering or dispersing
2) specialized sense of scattering one's evergy through immoderate pursuit of trivial pleasures (gambling, drinking etc) |
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disenfranchise
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lose the right to vote.
deprieve of voting rights |
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forfeiture
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idea of a penalty, giving up something in one's possession
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denude
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loss of vegetation
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privation
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deprieve basic necessities or conforts
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divest
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to undress
getting rid of |
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renounce
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to give up
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elegiac
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losses of friends, love, or youth
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bereave
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to leave desolute, by death.
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culinary
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anything realting to cooking or the kitchen
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gourmet
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expert of fine food and drink.
comes from old french word |
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epicurean
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having very discriminating tate in food and wrine. USED IN PASSIVE
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gluttony
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seven deadly sins
excessive eating or drinking |
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voracious
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to swallow or devour (latin)
excessively hungryy! |
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savory
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appetizing to taste or smell.
salty or piquant. |
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omnivorous
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eating both animal and vege.
eating anything available. |
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gastronomy
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art or science of good eating
regional style of cooking |
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palatable
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acceptrable to taste or sufficiently flavorable to be eaten. Pleasing to the palate
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succulent
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latin word for juice.
juicy, literally or figuratively |
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propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances or a positive outcome
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auspicious
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marked by success or producing favorable circumstances
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boon
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from middle english word "bon"- prayer
now means timely benefit or stroke of good luck. |
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adverse
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turned against or opposing
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detrimental
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to wear down or rub.
causing damage harm or loss |
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travesty
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an exaggerated imitation of something (literally)
grotesque parody disastrous mockery |
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debacle
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sudden, disastrous downfall
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fiasco
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a complete failure
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rout
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overwhelming defeat or disorderly retreat after battle
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enormity
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original: monstrous evil or outrage
new: large size. Immensity |
